First report on simplified diagnostic criteria for pre-hypertension and hypertension in a national sample of adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa: the CASPIAN-III study

Autor: Kelishadi, Roya, Heshmat, Ramin, Ardalan, Gelayol, Qorbani, Mostafa, Taslimi, Mahnaz, Poursafa, Parinaz, Keramatian, Kasra, Taheri, Majzoubeh, Motlagh, Mohammad-Esmaeil
Zdroj: Jornal de Pediatria; January-February 2014, Vol. 90 Issue: 1 p85-91, 7p
Abstrakt: this study aimed to simplify the diagnostic criteria of pre-hypertension (pre-HTN) and hypertension (HTN) in the pediatric age group, and to determine the accuracy of these simple indexes in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents.
Databáze: Supplemental Index